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Facts and Events
A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America , By William Edward Chute p cxiii
McKENZlE. As the name would clearly indicate, this family is of
Scotch origin. Alexander McKenzie, born about 1733, came over to
Halifax about the middle, of the last century, soon came down to
Granville, and there married in 1765, Mary, daughter of Walter
Wilkins, who was born in Halifax, probably in 1749. They settled at -
Stony Beach, below Granville Ferry. He died July 14, 1820. She died
1843, aged 93. Children:
i. Sarah, b. June 24, 1760, m. (1st) June 15, 1786, Joseph Thomas, (
2nd) 1829, Deacon Thomas Chute.
ii. Mary, b. 1768, d. young,
iii. Walter, b. May 4, 1770, a master mariner, d. probably unm. , Dec.
24, 1799, in his vessel, in Annapolis River.
iv.William, b. May 4, 1770, m. Hannah, dau. of Ebeuezer Corning,
1795, lived at Stony Beach, d. March, 1859 : Ch.:
1, Alexander,b. May 4, 1796, m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Andrew Sidelcr, 10 ch. ;
2, Bethiah, b. Sept. 15, 1797, m. John, son of Mana'-seh Litch ;
3, Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1799, m. James Martin, who d. seven
months later ; 4, Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1802, m. Gilbert Cress, 7 ch. ;
5, Hannah, b. June 7, 1804, m. James Litch ; 6, Elsie, b. April
5, 1807, m. William Turple ; 7, Eleanor, b. June 27, 1809. m.
Thomas Sproul, jun. ; 8, Eliza M., b. Jan. 18, 1812, m. (1st) John
B., son of Jonathan McKenzie, (2nd) James Killam ; 9, Sarah A.,
b. May 1, 1813, m. Rev. John O. Woodworth ; 10, Margaret Jane,
b. Sept. 3, 1815, m. Thomas, son of John Perry.
v. Abba, b. 1773, d. 1776.
vi. Elizabeth, b. 1776, m. Oct. 3, 1799, George, son of Gideon Witt,
who came from Lynn, Mass., to Granville, 13 ch.
vii. John, b. about 1779, a follower of Rev. Henry Alline, and an evangelist
or preacher,
viii. Nancy, m. Paul C'hesley.
ix. Alexander, b. 1784, m. (1st) Mary, dau. of Willoughby Sollows, of
Yarmouth, (2nd)Edith, dau. of Joseph Saunders, widow of William
Harris : Ch. : 1, Walter, m. Mary, dau. of Ansel Crosby ; 2,
William, m. Rachel, dau. of John Landers ; 3, Eleanor, in. Nathan,
son of Jabez Landers ; 4, Ruth, m. William, son of Isaac Balcom ;
5. Mary Caroline.
x. Susan, b. Sept. 20, 1786, m. James C. Steadman.
xi. Mary, b. 1790, m. Henry, son of Abednego Ricketson, no ch.
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